republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-6.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty.	An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 6	Pennsylvania SB 6 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Regan	4	22	6	2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/77b9b6f9-148e-4fb4-afd5-ac59bc167078	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=6	7811bc8c476fb1fc7ea2872b98d4351fd221010471722c425dd940f185a08dbb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 6 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, further providing for definitions, for resources and for verification system, prohibiting eligibility for individuals convicted of drug distribution, prohibiting eligibility for violators of sexual offender registration, further providing for false statements, investigations and penalty and for prohibited use of public assistance funds, providing for lost access devices and further providing for violation and penalty.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Printer's No. 0164 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0994 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1085 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 2105 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 124–62 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 40–9 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES): Reported as Amended — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 6 PN 1085, 2017 A10382, BRIGGS — 189–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–9 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 37–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Regan — primary (person)
• Argall — cosponsor (person)
• Aument — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Corman — cosponsor (person)
• Disanto — cosponsor (person)
• Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
• Folmer — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0164 Referred to HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES referral-committee
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0994 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1085 Amended on third consideration
• 2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to HEALTH referral-committee
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2105 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77b9b6f9-148e-4fb4-afd5-ac59bc167078. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).